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Harman among pros at PGA Exhibition

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Brian Harman will be one of four PGA Tour golfers giving an exhibition from 9-10:15 a.m. on April 11 at Berkeley Hall.

Also competing are Bud Cauley, Mark Anderson and William McGirt. All four have played in the Players Amateur, an event directed by the Heritage Classic Foundation that offers a place in the RBC Heritage, and all four will be competing in the Heritage that week.

The Players Amateur will be held at Berkeley Hall in July.

Armstrong ranked No. 7 in Div. II softball poll

The Armstrong Atlantic State softball team moved up three spots to No. 7 in the NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Wednesday.

The Pirates (35-8) stretched their win streak to nine with a pair of Peach Belt Conference doubleheader sweeps last week. Armstrong is one of three Peach Belt teams in the rankings as North Georgia (31-7) is No. 13 and Augusta State (28-8) is No. 19. Armstrong sits atop the Peach Belt Conference standings with an 11-1 record. The Pirates return to action Saturday, traveling to Flagler for a 2 p.m. Peach Belt Conference doubleheader with the Saints in St. Augustine, Fla.

Benedictine baseball beats Richmond Hill

Pitcher Thacker King picked up his fourth win of the season as the Cadets beat visiting Richmond Hill, 8-2, Wednesday in a nonregion game.

Brad Stewart went 2 for 4 with a home run for the Cadets, and Mike Huggins continued his hot streak at the plate by going 3 for 4 with a double. Ben DeBorde and Cam Pool added two hits each for BC, which improved to 14-2 on the season.

Chase Griffin broke open a 6-6 tie with a pinch-hit home run in the eighth to put the Eagles on top for good.

GSU (15-15) returned to .500 for the first time in seven games after the bullpen combined for five scoreless innings and two hits. Josh Stevenson (1-2) faced the minimum in the eighth inning and struck out two batters for his first win as an Eagle after GSU put two runs on the board in the bottom half of the frame. Kyle Rowe (S, 2) followed suit and retired the top of the order for the save.

USCB charges to sweep of Voorhees

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — Everyone on the roster got a chance to contribute — many of them in unusual roles — as the University of South Carolina Beaufort softball team swept Voorhees in a doubleheader, winning 21-1 and 25-2 at Richard Gray Sports Complex.

The Sand Sharks (27-6) emptied their bench early in both games, and they experimented with players in positions they’re unaccustomed to playing late in the second game.

Freshman Hailey Grimoskas took advantage of a rare start in the opener, striking out seven in a five-inning one-hitter. The only hit she allowed was Ashley Dobbs’ single in the fourth. Dobbs stole second and came around to score an unearned run when the throw ricocheted off her foot and into left field.

Freshman outfielder Sammi Shaffren and junior catcher Caitlin Vaughn led the offense in the first game with three hits apiece, freshman first baseman Maddie Byrd drove in three runs, and freshman third baseman Mariaha Sanborn blasted a grand slam down the left-field line.